B535.0 Aluminum vs. 4115 Aluminum
Both B535.0 aluminum and 4115 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is B535.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 4115 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 65 | |
| 38 to 68 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 66 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 1.1 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 62 | |
| 39 to 76 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 71 to 130 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 | |
| 120 to 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 | |
| 39 to 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 550 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 96 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 25 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 24 | |
| 41 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 82 | |
| 140 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.4 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 | |
| 2.1 to 10 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 11 to 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 20 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 40 | |
| 66 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 5.2 to 9.9 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 91.7 to 93.4 | |
| 94.6 to 97.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.1 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |